Van Ikin, Jo Elfving-Hwang, Michael Azariadis, and Krystyna Haq –
for navigating bureaucratic mazes with me. Special thanks to Van and Michael for guiding me through stacks of scholarship applications over several semesters and never giving up.

Loretta Baldassar, Michael Pinches, and Richard Davis –
for your support at various points of my candidature.

My favourite Anthropologists –
Maki and @jocelyncleghorn for loving me; @caparas_vanessa, @lara_mckenzie, and Marco for taking me under your wing when I was a n00b first year; @kmsstp and @gembothe for collective crises management; Anita, Manu, Farida, Thijs, Adele, and Catriona for trading life stories.

Well done, Crystal – you are thoroughly deserving of this moment, and it’s fabulous that you’re sharing it. (Thank you SO much.) It brings back many, many happy memories to me and I’m thrilled to see it. (And what a great photo of you outside Winthrop Hall…!) Congratulations!!